When a Group of Corporate Slaves Crosses Over to an Ancient Island

P.S.

1. The full novel is already written. Updates will follow the ranking schedule.

2. Coming soon: Spring Will Return. A groveling romance where a powerful man swallows his pride for love, with an absolutely unhinged heroine!

On her first company team-building trip, Tian Yanzhen and her coworkers unexpectedly travel back in time to an ancient island.

Supplies are scarce out at sea, and the island is all ocean and forest. A horde of gaunt, malnourished islanders are competing for resources, too.

Tian Yanzhen: Survival in the wilderness on hard mode. Even Bear Grylls wouldn't stand a chance.

Who knew every one of her coworkers would have a special talent?

Cooking, inventing, building houses, sales: they can do it all.

Even the boss, usually best known for making empty promises, can rally the villagers to develop the island.

Tian Yanzhen: Who said this team was no good? They're amazing.

Before long, the company's team-building project has become an effort to develop the island alongside its native inhabitants.

Food, clothing, housing, transportation, and trade all flourish, greatly improving the islanders' quality of life.

With basic needs taken care of, Tian Yanzhen decides to teach, promote the arts, and enrich the islanders' inner lives.

When Lin Chengfeng is demoted to an outlying island to serve as an official, he thinks his life is over.

The island is rundown and poor. How is he supposed to improve the islanders' lives?

Later, his friends in the capital go to great lengths to get him reinstated.

He spends the night writing them a Peach Blossom Spring and telling them, “The imperial capital is so backward. I'm doing just fine here.”

The people here are honest and kind, the land breeds remarkable people, and there's a little storyteller who is as adorable as can be.

On the day he's promoted and summoned back to the capital, Lin Chengfeng asks Tian Yanzhen, “Would you like to come back with me?”

Tian Yanzhen: “What's in it for me?”

Lin Chengfeng: “You and your friends can take charge of the capital's construction projects.”

Tian Yanzhen: “Deal.”

P.S. The new novel, Spring Will Return, is expected to launch in October.

New novel blurb:

Prince Xie Wujiu of Yan has witnessed since childhood how his mother, a low-ranking princess of Jin, suffered humiliation in Yan before being banished to the Cold Palace, where she died in bitterness. He has endured and bided his time, all for the sake of avenging her.

But the most regretful and face-slapping thing this sinister prince ever did was to abduct Xu Qingli, the only daughter of a Jin medical family falsely accused and wiped out in its entirety.

She's just a ten-year-old orphan with no one to rely on. He might as well raise her by his side.

If she's going to learn music, chess, calligraphy, and painting to improve her appearance, he may as well teach her deadly hidden weapons, for self-defense and killing her enemies.

If she's going to learn to feign gentleness and charm, he may as well train her in ruthless combat, so she can conceal a blade beneath her softness.

If she's going to learn to bewitch the emperor and navigate the imperial court, she may as well master medicine and poisons, since saving a life or taking one is only a matter of choice.

The little girl sticks to him every day, calling him “Big Brother” in her soft, sweet voice.

Let her call him that. He's seven years older, after all, and he's the only person she can depend on now.

He raises her for seven years, watching her grow into a graceful young woman and teaching her to fight and kill. Xu Qingli is his most prized student, and his most prized pawn.

Xie Wujiu considers himself cold and unfeeling. After all, the little girl is only part of a bargain, a pawn to be sent back to Jin and put into play.

Before entering Jin, Xie Wujiu gives Xu Qingli a contraceptive pill. “You wouldn't want to bear a child for your enemy, would you?”

Xu Qingli: “Big Brother, how could you...”

After entering Jin, Xu Qingli discovers that the King of Jin is nothing like she expected!

He isn't lustful or indulgent. Not only is he diligent and devoted to his people, he is also compassionate toward them. Gentle, perceptive, and concerned for the common good, he's truly an innocent and benevolent ruler.

The Empress Dowager, though, is every bit as wicked as ever!

Sorry, you had the Xu family wiped out, so I'll make sure you never have a grandson!

Xu Qingli puts away her murderous aura and spends her days acting gentle, obedient, timid, and innocent. She plays the part of a woman deeply in love, showing the King of Jin her vulnerability and currying his favor.

It turns out the best way to learn how to bewitch an emperor is from the emperor himself. After her big brother's personal training, she's a natural.

Xu Qingli flirts but never gets close, acts “smitten” but never goes to his bedchamber.

She also secretly poisons the beautiful women around him, so the Empress Dowager won't have any hope of heirs.

The King of Jin, who can look but not touch: ...

Just then, an epidemic ravages Jin. The court falls into chaos, and the Imperial Medical Bureau is powerless to stop it.

Xu Qingli steps forward to practice medicine and save lives, taking charge of the relief efforts and rescuing countless people. She wins the people's hearts.

The King of Jin falls completely in love with her. Defying the Empress Dowager and the court's gossip, he insists on making her his consort.

The Empress Dowager is furious, pointing at Xu Qingli and calling her a vixen.

As Xu Qingli plays her role, she suddenly realizes that something seems off about her big brother, the Emperor of Yan.

On the day she's to be made a consort, Xie Wujiu arrives at the capital of Jin with a million cavalry. She looks at the man, his eyes bloodshot and his composure gone, and softly calls him once more: “Big Brother.”

Xie Wujiu holds her tightly in his arms. “I taught you seduction. I taught you how to kill. Even the way you manipulate people's hearts now is something I gave you...”

“Xu Qingli, you've acted out all the world's great love stories. Why have you never been willing to give me even a little of your true heart?”

Theme: Take every step with your feet firmly on the ground!